https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf en-us 2019-02-10 03:36:52 UTC 2025-11-17 15:08:00 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650165 The parliamentary government includes a board of members and are chosen by the citizens and the prime minister plays a large role in representing Singapore in the executive committee while a presidential government (such as the U.S) has a single president as the main leader of the country. ]]> 2019-02-13 02:58:35 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650165 https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650207 - The speaker of parliament
- The Cabinet
- Members of Parliament (e.g. MPs, NCMPs, NMPs)
- Legislative, Executive, Judiciary]]> 2019-02-13 02:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650207 https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650259 The members of parliament are MPs, NCMPs, NMPs. 
The speaker of the parliament do not engage in debates but can be for or against a motion. 
The ruling party must have won the majority of the seats. 
The cabinet comprises of pm, deputy pm, and other ministers.

]]> 2019-02-13 02:59:04 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650259 feifei_mei04 https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650266 The parliament is made up of 3 organs of state:
1. Legislature - makes laws; President + parliament (Speaker, Cabinet, MPs, NCMPs, NMPs)
2. Judiciary - inteprets + applies laws; Supreme Court (High Court, Court of Appeal), State Courts, Family Justice Courts
3. Executive - implements laws]]> 2019-02-13 02:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650266 https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650267 we know that the parliamentary structure is made up of the cabinet led by the prime minster, deputy prime ministers and ministers for the 16 ministries :) It is also made up of the speaker of the elected members of parliment, the non-constituency MPs and the nominated MPs]]> 2019-02-13 02:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650267 kriti_raja04 https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650276 The government structure consists of a speaker, the ruling party's members of parliament, the opposition party's members of parliament, the prime minister and cabinet, as well as the opposition party's leadership. The limitations of our current govt. structure is the lack of balance as most members of parliament are from PAP which is the ruling party. A strength of our govt. structure is the unicameral system, which allows the production of laws more efficient, compared to a bicameral system.]]> 2019-02-13 02:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650276 lasheeka_r04 https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650321 The parliamentary structure is adapted from  the UK Westminster style. It consists of 
- Legislative (parliment)
- Judiciary (court judges)
- Executive (president, prime minister, etc)
None of these branches have absolute power, and play equal roles in contributing to the making and approving of the laws and policies in Singapore.]]> 2019-02-13 02:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650321 charlene_04 https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650324 - there is an opposition and a ruling party
- the ruling party must win majority of the seats
- the candidate must garner the most votes to win the seat in the constituency 
- we are a democratic country, citizens get to elect our government ]]> 2019-02-13 02:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650324 gracelynn_quek04 https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650344 It makes up the Government of Singapore alongside the president of Singapore and helps with the making of the laws by passing or vetoing bills.]]> 2019-02-13 02:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650344 tamanna_hasan04 https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650459 It consists of the president, prime minister, ministers and GRCs. PAP is the pre-dominant ruling government in Singapore's history and they occupy the most seats in parliament.]]> 2019-02-13 03:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650459 https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650531 there are 3 branches: 
- executive: consists of president, prime minister and other high ranking ministers that pass bills
- legislative: parliment who are help make policies
 - judiciary: enforce laws
the branches will keep each other in check so that no branch will have absolute power


]]> 2019-02-13 03:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650531 https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650685 - there are different ministries in charge of different areas like education/defence 
- they work together to formulate and implement government policies in such areas 

]]> 2019-02-13 03:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650685 https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650762 we are dying to know whether there is professional conflict between the ruling party and the opposition party,
we would also like to know how different perspectives come to an agreement]]> 2019-02-13 03:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650762 feifei_mei04 https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650808 - How is the power of each branch of parliament regulated? Who has the most say and who has the least say?
- Does the parliament focus mostly on internal affairs? What about external affairs? Which branch of the parliament is in charge of addressing and negotiating external affairs and foreign relations? 
- Is our governmental structure effective and progressive? Does it live up to the expectations of the people? ]]> 2019-02-13 03:01:53 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650808 tamanna_hasan04 https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650840 I want to learn more about the political disagreements within the parliament members. I also want to learn more about how the parliament members manage to keep check of corruption.]]> 2019-02-13 03:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650840 https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650879 - does SG politics have that big of an influence on the community compared to presidential governments such as the US
- how are the internal and external affairs divided in SG politics
- ]]> 2019-02-13 03:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650879 https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650898 - how much say the MPs, NCMPs and NMPs have in the laws of SG
- which positions have the highest power next to the president]]> 2019-02-13 03:02:15 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330650898 lasheeka_r04 https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330651018 I want to know whether the public have the right to change the format of the government. (how the parliament has the ruling and opposition party on 2 sides.)

I want to know whether there had been any severe cases of fighting and arguing in the parliment, such that they had to bring the public to vote on the problem

I want to know whether there had been cases of corruption, and double agents within the parliment.

I want to know whether presidents/prime ministers/DPMs of other countries ever gotten into a fight with out country's presidents, etc.]]> 2019-02-13 03:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330651018 gracelynn_quek04 https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330651133 What are the rights of the president and the parliament? What is the power balance? What measures are there to prevent corruption?]]> 2019-02-13 03:03:18 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330651133 https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330651320 - I want to know how the respective ministers are chosen for their respective ministries 
-  I also want to learn about what type of disagreements the parliament might have that could have led to a greater impact on singapore

]]> 2019-02-13 03:04:18 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330651320 nicole_tan04 https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330651326 how does the parliament decide which ministers does what [how they delegate] 

is there a systematic way in governing Singapore?

we also want to know what exactly the president does.]]> 2019-02-13 03:04:18 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330651326 ashaselvam04 https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330651364 We want to know what judiciary legislative and executive committees do and what the different members of parliament do.]]> 2019-02-13 03:04:29 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330651364 https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330651416 We would like to know how the overwhelming number of positions held by the ruling party could affect our political and justice system, and if that party could possibly lose its place as the ruling party.]]> 2019-02-13 03:04:45 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethlin4_1/zmjnjpagavvf/wish/330651416